Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with officials in Israel Wednesday for high-stakes discussions on the war in the Gaza Strip. And while Mr. Blinken was there, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that with or without a hostage deal, the Israel Defense Forces are going into Rafah. NTD spoke to Aryeh Lightstone, a former […]
Just before daybreak, the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) and other law enforcement agencies had encircled defiant protesters at the University of California’s LA (UCLA) campus after declaring the pro-Palestinian encampment on the campus illegal. Although some of the protesters disregarded messages sent out that told them to leave and even chanted “We’re not leaving,” […]
Two University of North Carolina students said they felt both sad and empowered when they rushed to “protect” the U.S. flag from pro-Palestine protesters at the Chapel Hill campus quad on Wednesday. A U.S. flag that hangs in the quad was replaced with a Palestinian flag by pro-Palestine protesters. After school officials and law enforcement […]
Police at UCLA issued an unlawful assembly order over loudspeakers on Wednesday evening, ordering people to clear out of a pro-Palestinian encampment following a night of violence. The order to disperse was broadcast around 6 p.m., urging demonstrators to vacate the area. There is a large law enforcement presence standing by at the campus “to […]
Fordham University student Kara Gilbert, 22, found it difficult to get to class today due to pro-Palestinian demonstrations at her campus. Fordham University, located at 113 West 60 Street, is just the latest Manhattan college to be invaded by the disruptive protesters since April. “It’s hard to get around in the building just because the […]
The House on May 1 passed an anti-Semitism bill as pro-Palestinian protests escalate across college campuses in the country. The legislation passed the lower chamber in a broadly bipartisan 320–91 vote. That included 21 Republicans and 70 Democrats who opposed the legislation, many of whom expressed concerns about a potential chilling effect that the bill […]
Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, President Isaac Herzog, and War Cabinet Minister Benny Gantz, on Wednesday as the United States hopes to facilitate a temporary ceasefire in the ongoing Israel–Hamas war and advance other humanitarian considerations amid the conflict. “The Secretary discussed ongoing efforts to reach an immediate […]
Clashes broke out between pro-Palestinian activists and counter-activists at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) campus late on Tuesday night and continued into the early morning hours on Wednesday. The official UCLA student newspaper, Daily Bruin, reported the clash began around 10:50 p.m. on Tuesday night as around 100 pro-Israel activists attempted to storm […]
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) and the chairs of several of Congress’ most important committees vowed on Tuesday to respond to the ongoing anti-Israel protests at universities across the United States. “Antisemitism is a virus. Because the administration and university presidents aren’t stepping in, we’re seeing it spread,” Mr. Johnson said. “We have to act […]
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on April 30 reasserted his pledge to launch on offensive on the Southern Gaza city of Rafah, one of the last strongholds of the Hamas terrorist group in the Palestinian territory. Mr. Netanyahu’s remarks came amid accelerating cease-fire negotiations between Israel and Hamas, and just hours before U.S. Secretary of […]
Student activists in Oregon have joined dozens of colleges across the nation is setting up pro-Palestinian encampments in recent days. Protesters at Portland State University (PSU) and the University of Oregon (UO) cite a list of demands, including boycotting Israel and divesting from weapons manufacturers and companies with ties to Israel. The protests at PSU […]
Nearly 80 anti-Israel protesters at the University of Texas at Austin were arrested during Monday’s surprise attempt to set up an encampment, according to university officials. “The University of Texas learned Tuesday that, of the 79 people arrested on our campus Monday, 45 had no affiliation with UT Austin,” the university said in an emailed […]
Former President Donald Trump has claimed that “paid agitators” were involved in the recent protests in support of Palestinians at Columbia University in New York City. President Trump made the comments in an interview with Fox News’ Sean Hannity on Tuesday shortly after law enforcement officials were called in to disperse demonstrators who had been […]
Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, announced on Tuesday that it has reached a deal with students who were demonstrating in support of Palestinians, ending weeks of protests. Under the new agreement, students agreed to remove their encampment from school grounds by 5 p.m. on Tuesday and “refrain from further actions that would violate Brown’s […]
On Tuesday, Israeli police released a video showing a Turkish citizen stabbing an Israeli police officer in the Old City of Jerusalem. Meanwhile, Secretary of State Antony Blinken is in the Middle East to promote stability in the region. Warning: This report contains footage that some viewers may find disturbing.
China’s communist regime is attempting to broker a new era of cooperation between rival Palestinian factions as hostage negotiations with Hamas sputter. This comes as the regime is attempting to bolster its influence in the Middle East at the expense of the United States. Fatah and the Hamas terrorist group have expressed a willingness to […]
WASHINGTON—The White House on Tuesday denounced the protests at Columbia University as “not peaceful,” calling the occupation of an academic building by pro-Palestinian demonstrators the “wrong approach.” “The president believes that forcibly taking over a building on campus is absolutely the wrong approach. That is not an example of peaceful protests,” White House spokesman John […]
Columbia University has warned students who took over and barricaded themselves inside a building on campus as part of an ongoing pro-Palestinian demonstration that they face now expulsion. Protesters first took over Hamilton Hall early on Tuesday morning after defying orders to disperse from an earlier encampment they had set up at Columbia University’s Morningside […]
